IN RE AMERICAN AIRLINES, FLIGHT 869 01/17/1996

Nos. 97-2317-CIV, 97-2316-CIV, 97-2334-CIV, 96-3590-CIV.

128 F.Supp.2d 1367 (2001)

In re: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FLIGHT 869 TURBULENCE INCIDENT OF JANUARY 17, 1996 Patricia Simmons, Mark Sperber, and Jerry Koenke, Plaintiffs, v. American Airlines, Inc., Alan R. Griffith and Donald F. Koehler, Defendants. Jane Felix, Plaintiff, v. American Airlines, Inc., Alan R. Griffith and Donald F. Koehler, Defendants. Julie Balentine, Plaintiff, v. American Airlines, Inc., Defendant. Simon Yoyotte and Dellevi Yoyotte, Plaintiffs, v. American Airlines, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division.

January 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Haggard and Robert L. Parks, Haggard and Parks, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Lee Rohn, Law Office of Lee Rohn, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for Simmons and Felix.

Julie Balentine, pro se, Bothell, WA.

Emmet J. Schwartzman, Nancy H. Henry, and Karen M. Stanford, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

TJOFLAT, District Judge.

I.

On January 17, 1996, American Airlines Flight 869 encountered air turbulence as it was flying from Miami, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Several passengers claiming to have suffered injuries aboard Flight 869 filed suit. Four such cases are currently pending before this court pursuant to this court's jurisdiction to entertain multidistrict litigation, 28 U.S.C. § 1407. American Airlines...

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